North Carolinians want to know where candidates stand on data centers. Many people are finding themselves unwittingly in the crosshairs of these developments, knowing that their land, water, and even...
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North Carolinians want to know where candidates stand on data centers. Many people are finding themselves unwittingly in the crosshairs of these developments, knowing that their land, water, and even...
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The ruling means that the now Republican-led Board of Elections can continue to implement restrictions on voting that make it harder for people, and especially people of color, to exercise their right to vote.
La demanda se suma a otra presentada a principios de septiembre que también cuestiona la posibilidad de que agentes de ICE y otras fuerzas federales ingresen a centros de votación durante las elecciones de 2026.
Despite spending more than a decade lobbying for oil and natural gas companies, Whatley’s U.S. Senate campaign website mainly showcases a career in public service.
North Carolinians want to know where candidates stand on data centers. Many people are finding themselves unwittingly in the crosshairs of these developments, knowing that their land, water, and even electric bills are going to be negatively affected and, as a result, are forced to get involved.
While representing Alamance County, Riddell voted in favor of Duke Energy’s increase on power bills, eroding gun safety measures, and the NCGOP’s private school voucher program. He voted against raising the minimum wage and free school lunch.
We need leaders who will address the root causes of these events and put policies and resources in place to prevent future disasters and, when disasters strike, respond effectively. Fewer ‘Czars’ – more qualified leaders.
Stein’s veto came following an outpouring of veto requests from pro-democracy and good government advocates. In an op-ed, State Senator Woodson Bradley noted that Newby has been called “possibly the most ethically compromised chief justice in the country.”
North Carolina has been particularly hard hit by the Trump administration’s cuts to health care coverage and SNAP, which nearly 1.3 million residents rely on to put food on the table.
La administración de Donald Trump pidió el martes a la Corte Suprema intervenir en una demanda para permitir el uso de un controvertido sistema de datos destinado a revisar los registros de votantes estatales antes de las elecciones de medio término.
“Every candidate on this year’s Dirty Dozen has a record, a vote, a lobbying history, or a policy position that is helping drive up the electricity and heating bills their own constituents pay, whether through blocking or repealing clean energy projects, providing handouts to dirtier and more expensive fuels like oil, coal and gas, or embracing costly data center buildouts without protecting ratepayers from the bill or the pollution.”
North Carolina ranks near dead last for school funding in the country – something that Governor Josh Stein has been trying to change. He calls the new state budget “a launching pad, not a landing spot.”
The meeting featured tense debates over whether eliminating Sunday voting could disproportionately affect Black voters, whether students would have adequate access to the polls without voting sites on college campuses, and how much influence the state auditor’s office should have over local election decisions.
The cyclosporiasis outbreak has spurred conversation about the Trump administration’s part in exacerbating this growing public health concern due to cuts to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In addition to Medicaid cuts, there has been a major drop in Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment. After the federal tax credits for the ACA expired at the beginning of the year, North Carolina saw a 21% drop in enrollment, coming out to an estimated 165,000 residents – the largest drop in the country.